The Descent of the Messiah — Page 310
THE DESCENT OF THE MESSIAH وَعَلَّمَ آدَمَ الْأَسْمَاءَ كُلَّهَا فَقَالَ أَنبِئُونِي بِأَسْمَاءِ هَؤُلَاءِ قَالَ يَا آدَمُ أَنبِئُهُم بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ فَلَمَّا أَنبَأَهُمْ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ 3 At this place, the words: فَتَلَقَّى آدَمُ مِن رَّبِّهِ كَلِمَاتٍ are quite clear. At another place, concerning the story of Adam, the Holy Quran has explained the meaning of the word Kalimāt as: رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا Now, when something has been explicitly stated by the Holy Quran-not merely by implication or allusion, but in clear and unambiguous words, leaving no room for doubt or ambiguity- then what rational person would abandon such a sound Quranic argument and instead follow their own conjecture or that of Barghānī? (Miyan) Sayyed Ali Hamdhani and Tabarani have written in their books: "O claimant to knowledge and research! Were these men infallible that whatever they wrote must be accepted with- out question? Or did revelation descend upon them? Or perhaps Adam came to them in a dream and informed them that these were the names he invoked during his time of trial? Were you 1 "He taught Adam all the names". Al-Baqarah, 2:32. [Publisher] 2 "Then said: "Tell me the name of these, if you are right'. . . " Al-Baqarah, 2:32. [Publisher] 3 "He said: 'O Adam, tell them their names; and when he had told them their names. . . " Al-Baqarah, 2:34. [Publisher] 4 "Then Adam learned from his Lord certain words". Al-Baqarah, 2:38 [Publisher] 5 "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves. . . " Al-A'raf, 7:24. [Publisher] 310